Definition of Populus balsamifera

1. Noun. Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves.

Exact synonyms: Balsam Poplar, Hackmatack, Tacamahac
Generic synonyms: Poplar, Poplar Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Populus Balsamifera

Popperian
Poppy
Poppy Day
Pops
Popsicle
Popsicles
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Pal
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Gene
Popular Struggle Front
Population Commission
Populist Party
Populus
Populus alba
Populus balsamifera (current term)
Populus canescens
Populus deltoides
Populus grandidentata
Populus heterophylla
Populus nigra
Populus nigra italica
Populus tremula
Populus tremuloides
Populus trichocarpa
Porcellio
Porcellionidae
Pordenone
Pori
Porifera

Literary usage of Populus balsamifera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"Populus balsamifera L. Sp. PI. 1034. 175.?. A large tree, with nearly smooth gray ... Populus balsamifera var. angustifolia S. Wats. Bot. King's Kxp. 327. ..."

2. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"Populus balsamifera candicans (Ait.) Gray. Hairy Balm of Gilead. NAMES IN USE.—Balm of Gilead (Me., NH, Vt, Mass., N. Dak., Minn., Ont.); Balsam (Mich., ..."

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